State v. Blaine

STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. JAYEVON BLAINE (SC 20087) Palmer, McDonald, D’Auria, Mullins, Ecker and Vertefeuille, Js. Syllabus Convicted of the crime of conspiracy to commit robbery in the first degree in connection with his involvement, along with that of four other cocon- spirators, in the shooting death of a drug dealer, the defendant appealed to the Appellate Court, claiming, inter alia, that the trial court’s failure to instruct the jury on the requisite intent necessary to find him guilty of that offense constituted plain error. The trial court had instructed the jury on the elements of the…